hearing held the day before the senate vote where in the u.n., in new york city, a disability advocate said that we need to make sure that we implement this treaty as a superseding document. that means that it overrides national law. and the idea that you're portraying about this, basically, from watching your video clips frk when a democrat says something, that's a fact. when a conservative says something, that's an -- >> actually, no. you're saying richard thornburg is democrat because we had had him on the show. he's a father of a disabled child studying this for 30 years and has a personal stake in this and he says you're completely making this up. >> i say he's absolutely wrong and he doesn't have the degree in international law. i do. i teach international law. he simply is wrong about that. he can say what he wants to say, but he's an advocate for the treaty. i'm telling you it's a matter of reality -- >> so the recommended conditions that were approved by the senate foreign relations committee and attached to this treaty that restrict the power of the treaty and this resolution